A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
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Kumiko Ôba
- Fantasy
- (as Kumiko Ohba)
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- TriviaThe script was partly inspired by Obayashi's then 12-year-old daughter Chigumi. She told him of a fear she had, that the mirror she used would eat her.
- GoofsWhen Mac's head floats and spins around in the air, the wires supporting the severed head are visible for a split second.
- Quotes
Farmer selling watermelons: Do you like watermelons?
Keisuke Tougou-sensei: No! I like bananas!
Farmer selling watermelons: Bananas?
- Crazy creditsThe first half of the ending credits runs over candid footage of the actresses. During the second half, the credits appear over the poster illustration (similar to the Masters of Cinema cover, but with more color), scrolling up the ''tongue'' of the house. The main characters also show up on the sides of the screen.
- ConnectionsEdited from I Bombed Pearl Harbor (1960)
- SoundtracksMain Theme
Featured review
This movie is... bizarre.
In the realm of WTF there are some movies that mess with your mind and make you ask what the hell that was. Movies like Eraserhead, Tetsuo the Bullet Man and The Holy Mountain are brought up as examples of this. But none of them hold a candle to the serious mind screw that is "House" or "Hausu" depending on your preference.
A bunch of schoolgirls head to a creepy house in the countryside owned by an aunt of one of the girls. Each one is named after a skill, ability or character trait. Gorgeous is pretty, Kung Fu likes to fight and Mac likes to eat. And once they get there things get weird.
To try to even describe this movie is a challenge. Things happen. Really weird things happen. It's got a charming 70's vibe to it. The effects, although amateurish by today's standards, are well done for the era. And while the actors do a decent job, it's full of theater acting. The difference is that their actions tend to be a little over the top and not natural. This is of course a hallmark of Japanese cinema where a more stylized take is preferred over something more natural that we expect over here. That's not a bad thing though as it lends an air of other worldliness to what would otherwise be a rather tepid story.
In short, it works. If you're a fan of the bizarre you really ought to take a look at this.
A bunch of schoolgirls head to a creepy house in the countryside owned by an aunt of one of the girls. Each one is named after a skill, ability or character trait. Gorgeous is pretty, Kung Fu likes to fight and Mac likes to eat. And once they get there things get weird.
To try to even describe this movie is a challenge. Things happen. Really weird things happen. It's got a charming 70's vibe to it. The effects, although amateurish by today's standards, are well done for the era. And while the actors do a decent job, it's full of theater acting. The difference is that their actions tend to be a little over the top and not natural. This is of course a hallmark of Japanese cinema where a more stylized take is preferred over something more natural that we expect over here. That's not a bad thing though as it lends an air of other worldliness to what would otherwise be a rather tepid story.
In short, it works. If you're a fan of the bizarre you really ought to take a look at this.
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- Also known as
- House: The Director's Cut
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- Gross US & Canada
- $209,765
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,032
- Jan 17, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $214,044
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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